McGuffeys Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition

McGuffey's Eclectic Primer,
Revised Edition
by William
Holmes McGuffey

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Title: McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition
Author: William Holmes McGuffey
Release Date: June 29, 2005 [EBook #14642]
Language: English
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[Transcriber's Notes:
Welcome to the schoolroom of 1900. The moral tone is plain. "She is
kind to the old blind man."
The exercises are still suitable, and perhaps more helpful than some
contemporary alternatives. Much is left to the teacher. Explanations
given in the text are enough to get started teaching a child to read and
write. Counting in Roman numerals is included as a bonus in the form
of lesson numbers.
Don Kostuch ]
ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
McGUFFEY'S[Registered]
ECLECTIC PRIMER.
REVISED EDITION.
[Illustration: Two children in hammock.]
McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of
JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. NEW YORK - CHICHESTER -
WEINHEIM - BRISBANE - SINGAPORE - TORONTO
Copyright, 1881, By Van Antwerp, Brag & Co.
Copyright, 1896, By American Book Company.
Copyright, 1909, By Henry H. Vail.
EP 179
Preface
The flattering success of McGuffey's Revised Readers, and the inquiry

for more primary reading matter to be used in the first year of school
work, have induced the Publishers to prepare a REVISED PRIMER,
which may be used to precede the First Reader of any well arranged
series.
The method pursued is the same as that in McGuffey's Revised Readers,
and the greatest possible care has been taken to insure a gradation
suited to the youngest children. Only about six new words are to be
mastered in each lesson. These new words and the new elementary
sounds are always to be found in the vocabulary of the lesson in which
they are first used.
The plan of the book enables the teacher to pursue the Phonic Method,
the Word Method, the Alphabet Method, or any combination of these
methods.
Illustrations of the best character have been freely supplied, and the
skilled teacher will be able to use them to great advantage.
The script exercises throughout the book and the slate exercises at the
close, have been specially written and carefully engraved for this
Primer; they may be used to teach the reading of script, and as
exercises in learning to write.
In the full confidence that the public will appreciate a cheap and
attractive Primer of this character, the Publishers have spared no
expense to make this book equal, in type, paper, and illustrations, to
any that have been issued from their Press. (iii)

THE ALPHABET.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

THE ALPHABET.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
[Illustration: Cat watching moth.]

McGuffey's Eclectic Primer
Lesson 1
a and eat rat
a e d n r t
[Illustration: Rat]
a rat a cat
A cat A rat
A cat and a rat.
A rat and a cat.

LESSON II.
at the ran has
Ann h th s
[Illustration: Cat]
The cat the rat
The cat has a rat.
The rat ran at Ann.
Ann has a cat.

The cat ran at the rat.

LESSON III.
Nat hat fan can f
[Illustration: Children playing at the seashore.]
a fan a hat
Ann and Nat.
Ann has a fan.
Nat has a hat.
Ann can fan Nat.

LESSON IV.
man cap lad sat
l m p s
[Illustration: Boy running and old man, with gout, sitting.]
a cap the lad
A man and a lad.
The man sat; the lad ran.
The man has a hat.
The lad has a cap.

LESSON V.--REVIEW.
The cat and the rat ran.
Ann sat, and Nat ran.
A rat ran at Nat.
Can Ann fan the lad?
The man and the lad.
The man has a cap.
The lad has a fan.
Has Ann a hat?
Ann has a hat and a fan.
[Illustration: Script Exercise:
a at rat sat
can cap lad and
The cat ran. Ann ran.
The man has a hat. ]

LESSON VI.
dog Rab fat Nat's
o b g
[Illustration: Boy and dog watching cat on post.]

Nat's cap a fat dog
Has the lad a dog?
The lad has a fat dog.
The dog has